“Rubí”: how did Miguel Pizarro, interpreter of Loreto, go from losing everything to shining in the soap opera?

In 2004, the telenovela premiered “Ruby” and to date it continues to be broadcast in many Latin American countries. Starring Bárbara Mori, Eduardo Santamarina and Sebastián Rulli, this production presented Michael Pizarro What Loreto, Mexican actor who, prior to the novel, had lost everything. What really happened?

Luis Miguel Pita Gomez, Known in the acting world as Michael Pizarro, he participated in the soap operas “Pasión y poder”, “La dueña”, “Luz Clarita”, “Cómplices al rescue” and more, prior to entering “Ruby” What Loreto. For this reason, the beloved actor already had fame among the followers of the novels as an interpreter of villains.

What happened to the actor Miguel Pizarro?

In 2003, Michael Pizarro decided to team up with some friends to produce the children’s play “Wizard of Oz” and, for this, the actor invested all his savings accumulated over the past 5 years. However, after returning from a short trip, his friends had fled with all his money, leaving him with a large sum of debts Realizing that he had lost everything, the actor tried to take his own life, but luckily his neighbors rescued him.

After this difficult episode in his life, Michael Pizarro lost acting roles. “It’s like people who get out of prison. When they look for a job, they are immediately told ‘your background tells me this’ and in the entertainment industry they don’t want complicated people,” she said in an interview.

It was in this context that producer José Alberto Castro offered her the role of Loreto in “Ruby”, the famous soap opera starring Barbara Mori, as a new opportunity for the actor: “It was a character that gave me great joy, brought me back to a time when I was trying to get out of a very difficult personal situation,” revealed Michael Pizarro for the Teleprograma portal.